Reda Mohamed Amine Benchaa (; Tamazight: ⵔⴻⴷⴰ ⵎⵓⵀⴰⵎⴻⴷ ⴰⵎⵉⵏⴻ ⴱⴻⵏⵙⵀⴰ; born 12 March 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for JS Kabylie. Born in France, he represents Algeria internationally.
Club career Benchaa is a youth product of the academy of Red Star, and moved to Dijon's youth sides in May 2017. He debuted with their reserves in 2020. He made his professional and Ligue 2 debut with Dijon in a 2–1 loss to Nîmes on 8 January 2022. On 16 March 2022, Benchaa signed his first professional contract with Dijon for 3 years.
Originally from Tizi Ouzou in Kabylia, on 5 February 2025, Benchaa signed with JS Kabylie, until the end of the 2026–27 season. On 21 June 2025, Benchaa scored a decisive goal for JSK, on the last day of the 2024–25 Algerian Ligue 1, at the Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium of Tizi Ouzou, in a 1–0 victory, against ASO Chlef. With this winning goal in the 16th minute of the match, he secured the Kabyle club a spot in the 2025–26 CAF Champions League.
International career Benchaa holds French and Algerian nationalities. He captained the Algeria U23s at the 2022 Maurice Revello Tournament.
Honours Kazma SC Kuwait Super Cup runner-up: 2023–24
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